St. Augustine's centuries-old Spanish fortress sits feet from the encroaching Atlantic, whose waters already flood the city's narrow streets about 10 times a year. here
Monday, May 18, 2015
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Cyclovia in Temple Terrace
Thank you Temple Terrace for putting on this great event.
Local Treasure Marisol Marquez Of Raíces en Tampa
Growing up, before walking into class, I'd scrub my hands with soap and water to try to take off the green-tint, caused by cutting asparagus. Every morning, from February to July starting at 2 am - 6am I'd work the fields before school started. If I didn't scrub my hands raw, my school papers would turn green. here
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Local Treasures,
Marisol Marquez,
Raíces en Tampa
Anybody But Patrick Murphy
With all the bad press our man Alan Grayson has been getting lately, here, here and here, we thought we would turn you on to someone else you might like. Since we,
don't have our shit together.
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Adam C. Smith,
ALAN GRAYSON,
Florida DINOS,
Pam Keith,
Patrick E. Murphy,
Peter Schorsch,
Rick Kriseman
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Kim Bruns Of George & Dragon British Pub In Orlando Knows Black People
She denies the charges and explains that
she knows black people and she’s totally not racist.
She refused to allow police access to surveillance footage from the incident and more disparaging remarks were made later at the police station by Bruns.
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George & Dragon British Pub,
Kim Bruns,
Local Racist
The Citrus Taliban: Sheriff Grady Judd
Polk County Sheriff and part-time pastor Grady Judd delivered a guest sermon at First Baptist Church on the Mall last month — it was called “Wouldn’t the World be Better if Everyone Behaved Like a Christian” — and he didn’t do it as a private citizen. He delivered it while wearing his sheriff uniform, suggesting that he was speaking
as a government official. here
as a government official. here
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Florida INC. Closing July 1st
Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott is preparing to shut down if shareholders can't come up with a budget by July 1st. here
Dems Rule Sarasota
With a double exclamation point, Sarasota Democrats sent a powerful message this week. They rule the city limits of Sarasota. here
Right Wing Pest Control
Democrats played a key role in mobilizing their voters and making sure that Liz Alpert and Shelli Freeland Eddie had legitimate help in winning seats on the City Commission. Now, for the first time in at least a quarter century, every Sarasota city commissioner is a registered Democrat.
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Florida Dems,
Liz Alpert,
Shelli Freeland Eddie
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